General Counsel

Bradley Company is a team of experienced and talented commercial real estate professionals.  We serve the brokerage, property management, and facility maintenance needs of commercial and multi-family clients. With a company history that began in 1978, we have more than 300 professionals serving Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

Bradley Company actively invests in our professionals and their growth.  We are guided by our core values: entrepreneurial, collaborative, integrity, and champion. Our purpose is to build partnerships, improve communities and change lives. 

Overview

The General Counsel will provide legal, business, and strategic counsel to the BCO management team; lead BCO’s risk management efforts; oversee contract lifecycle for all BCO agreements; oversee BCO legal matters, including litigation; balance the protection of BCO’s assets with the presentation of solutions to accomplish business objectives.

Location: Indianapolis, IN preferred, but could also be in South Bend, IN.

Type: Hybrid

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

BCO contracts

• Draft and maintain library of contract templates for standard BCO lines of service
• Draft contracts for specialty services or unique engagements
• Review proposed changes to standard contract templates and approve all contracts before executive execution
• When a client-drafted agreement is necessary, review and negotiate contract
• Draft, negotiate, review, and maintain all contracts between BCO and its sales professionals
• Review and negotiate contracts with parties providing services to BCO
• Oversee a system of organization and tracking for the lifecycle of all contracts to which BCO is a party (from drafting to negotiation to execution to implementation); coordinate contract renewals with sales professionals and management personnel on contract renewals

Risk management

• Keep management team abreast of evolving legislation, regulations, case law, and administrative rulings with potential impact on BCO and its industry
• Proactively seek solutions, both in daily operations and potential business opportunities, for BCO to limit its liability exposure
• Coordinate with BCO’s insurance agent and carriers including annual renewals, claims submission, ongoing claims review and dismissal, and annual audits (not including employee benefits insurance)

Litigation

• Coordinate and monitor efforts of outside counsel in all litigation to which BCO is a party
• Provide advice to executive team regarding litigation strategy, both for pending and potential matters
• Coordinate and advise on BCO employee prep for required depositions and/or hearings

Administrative proceedings

• Coordinate response to governmental complaints/hearings/investigations at the administrative level (e.g., EEOC, real estate commissions, etc.), in collaboration with outside counsel when engaged
• Coordinate response to private complaints/hearings to which BCO is subject (e.g., industry accrediting bodies), in collaboration with outside counsel when engaged
• Coordinate response to any third-party audits of a non-financial nature (e.g., administrative agency audit, contractual audit, etc.)

Regulated industries

• Ensure BCO and each of its licensed real estate professionals are acting in compliance with statues and administrative regulations in each state where services are provided
• Oversee administrative team’s management of real estate license maintenance and continuing education tracking
• Ensure BCO is acting in compliance with statues and administrative regulations governing any other regulated industry in which the company may elect to participate

Governance

• Maintain entity registrations for BCO and its affiliated entities
• Organize/incorporate new affiliated entities as needed